Apple “notebook” event is on, October 14th! — The rumors were true folks. Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in Cupertino next Tuesday, October 14th at 10AM PST. It's absolutely safe to say they'll be showing off new laptops... and you know we'll be there live!

Sources: latest MacBook Pro photo is the real deal — A photo of a mysterious notebook leaked on the Internet Wednesday is indeed one taken of Apple's next-generation MacBook Pro casing, AppleInsider can confirm. Meanwhile, some additional photos of a similar, but still unauthenticated 13-inch notebook have since surfaced.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Our focus is growth, not revenue — FAZ: “The web 2.0 architecture is not necessarily a revenue opportunity. This is not where the money is”, said Eric Schmidt from Google. Do you agree with him? — Mark Zuckerberg: I disagree. He has a clear incentive for saying what he is saying...

The Sum of Your Facial Parts — IS the woman pictured on the right more attractive than the woman on the left? Do her wider-set eyes, the longer distance between her hairline and the bridge of the nose, and the rounder shape of her face make her more beautiful?

Amazon S3 - Busier Than Ever — Amazon S3 usage has grown very nicely in the last quarter and now stands at 29 billion objects, up from 22 billion just a quarter ago. As one of the S3 engineers told me last week, that's over 4 objects for every person now on Earth! — Our customers are keeping S3 pretty busy too.

Google Turns On Text Ads In Google Maps — With Google's stock down $100 in the past two weeks, the company all of a sudden isn't so shy about pulling every advertising lever it can reach. So far this week, we've seen new click-to-buy buttons on YouTube (YouTubevertorials), AdSense for Flash games …

Microsoft Aims for an Experience, Sony Just Wants a Home — Microsoft and Sony both talked up their consoles' proprietary virtual worlds at the Tokyo Game Show Wednesday. Sony said that its long-delayed Home will arrive before 2009, and Microsoft offered some details on the New Xbox Experience, which will arrive in November.

MSI's new Wind U120 pixellized — Exclusive: In all its glory — We've managed to get our hands on some pictures of MSI's upcoming Wind U120 netbook, or as some like to call it, the Wind 2. Still featuring a 10-inch screen, the new U120 will also be less “cute” than the previous generation as it is oriented at business users.

Meet Our Next Game — Bungie has several projects underway within the studio, one of which is a brand new campaign experience for Halo 3 that we teased two weeks ago. Now, at long last, we can lift the shroud of secrecy and shed a little more light on what we've been working on.

40 laid off at software company as execs arrested — SEATTLE (AP) — Two former software executives grossly overstated their company's revenue to attract more than $50 million in private investment, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that the fraud was uncovered late last month when a worker found …

Internet Companies Hammered by Economic Concerns — It was another awful day in the stock market with the Dow dropping more than 7 percent and the Nasdaq more than 5 percent. Internet companies were not immune, as a growing chorus of analysts are now saying that the financial crisis …

Apple releases Security Update 2008-007 for Mac OS X — Apple on Thursday afternoon released its seventh distinct security fix of the year for Mac OS X to tackle a number flaws, including one introduced with its 10.5.5 update. — Available for both Mac OS X Leopard (Client, Server) …

Media, entertainment shares dive to new lows — CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Every major diversified-entertainment stock fell to its lowest point in at least a year Thursday, with some falling to their weakest levels in five years as ongoing credit fears rocked the U.S. stock market.

Inside Obama and McCain's Conflicting Takes on Net Neutrality — It wasn't a contentious topic at last night's presidential debate, but network neutrality is the hot-button issue on the mind of PM's senior tech editor. He explores the candidates' stands on the issue in a Geek the Vote edition of his biweekly trends column.

Yes, Uncov is Back — Earlier this year, I said that Uncov was dead. Well, I lied. It's back. Today is the greatest day in the history of the internet. — I'm not going to focus on startups, because startups are boring. I've posted up the archives of everything that's been written here so far …

Plunge in RIM's shares could attract takeover bid — TORONTO (Reuters) - The recent plunge in the market value of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion could leave the company vulnerable to a takeover from a well-capitalized buyer such as Microsoft Corp. — RIM's shares, which were worth …